It's just not cricket !

[Pessimistic]

I was thinking about the cricket game. They have already gone from 5 days to 2 to 1 day versions. How about a 2-hour version to compete with the various footy codes.

My idea is very raw and I'm inviting you cricket experts to review it. It borrows heavily from gridiron and rugby in that there is a distinct offensive and defensive phase, but each team can have several offensive sessions.

How it works

A team goes in to bat and continues to bat as long as the following happens:

1) The team scores 4 runs per over
2) A batsman is not bowled out

In this offensive stage the runs do not count as score but a boundary or a hit out count for 4 and 6 respectively.

As soon as the offense ends the other team takes the offense and can score.

The defensive team scores a 12 if they take a wicket.

If a player has a 6 or 12 scored against them then they cannot bowl or bat again for 20 minutes. This will ensure that a team has a few batsmen and bowlers.

Some rules about changing batsmen and bowlers in mid offens need to be structured, but it should allow the captain to change (even the batsmen) in mid-session

Some form of timekeeping (and timewasting rules need to be formulated) but there might be something in it.

 

[jod23]

Interesting Pess could take years to develop and to be successfull. But i like it.

 

[-TotalFooty2000-]

Sounds too much like indoor cricket to me. That's not to say its a good or bad idea. I don't know how much more you could shorten a match. Start at 25 overs (the minimum amount of overs required for each team), and you could go lower I guess. Then you could enable 3 or 4 countries to play each other on the same day.

If it is accepted as real cricket is another thing altogether though. And I don't think the authorities would want to tamper with the game anymore than it has been tampered with in the last 20 years.

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[Daniel]

No no no No NO NO NO!!!

Sorry, but I feel pretty strongly about this. Why are people trying to screw up cricket? There are already cheap smash'n'bash versions of cricket like "Super 8's", "Super Sixes" and the abomination from New Zealand, "Cricket Max". Why degrade the game further?

On the other hand, we are just deluding ourselves with one-day cricket. A lot of people just want to see batsmen slogging the ball all over the place so why not give them what they want and go with a 15-over slogfest? Might as well go all the way and just have 11 batsmen from each side receive an over each and see who can hit the ball the furthest...

Again, there is nothing wrong with the idea per se as a form a sporting entertainment, but let's not pretend it's related to cricket in any way.

 

[servo]

What an absolutely crap idea. I hope you are joking.

There is already a 3 hour version played in Asia every year. The Super Sixes. It is exciting and fast. They have a tournament of 8 teams and can play 3 games a day. It is excellent.

Cricket does not need to compete with the footy crowds at all. It makes its money in summer when its only real opposition is the beach. (and its own self destruct button only recently located) These Colonial games are just an experiment and probably driven more by Colonials management than the ACB.

Leave the bloody game alone.

Does anyone know of a site in the ilk of bigfooty that specialises in cricket?

 

[Daniel]

Servo,

I only know of the newsgroup rec.sport.cricket, but obviously that's not web message board like BigFooty. I haven't been there in ages, but rec.sport.cricket is a good forum with a diverse range of opinions.

 

[servo]

Thanks Daniel